So let me guess. The politicians and media people are going to yabber about the ceiling and blame the other party for the debt. Then they will procrastinate in actually raising the debt ceiling until the very last minute. Then they will threaten a government shutdown and try to frame the other party as being responsible for why any of your friends who work for the US are stuck without a job. Then they will miraculously stitch together a hideous bill that no one actually likes, but they manage to pass it by strategically adding pork, strangely-worded clauses, and appending entirely unrelated bills to it. They they will tell us that they didn't want to do it, but that they were forced to and had no choice.

"We will not find a solution to political problems in cryptography, but we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of freedom for several years.

Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled networks, but pure P2P networks are holding their own."

Limit? What limit? They raised it every fking time they were close to or at limit? What good is a limit of which it's purpose get's completely ignored by an increase every single time you reach it. It's no limit at all. Printing away, stealing our wealth with an invisible hand while trying to maintain an illusion of fiscal responsibility. That's what it really is.

The saddest part is it looked like it could turn around until 2011 came around and the US went to war with an emotion. And we funded nearly all of the war on "fear and the people who make us feel that way" with debt. The people who wanted to see the US fall could not have hoped for a better reaction. We sacrificed out liberties, our economy, and our dignity in an effort to regain the illusion that we are safe. As long as there is envy, a single man with a few materials from Walmart can disprove that illusion. And the best way to combat envy is to help your neighbor when you can. America's national unity has been fractured in a very severe way as the gap between debt holders and debtors grows. Hopefully, bitcoin will help balance things out as debt holders will be slower to adopt a deflationary currency. If not, anyone who doesn't have an escape plan is in for a world of hurt.

As we slide down the banister of life, this is just another splinter in our ass.

So let me guess. The politicians and media people are going to yabber about the ceiling and blame the other party for the debt. Then they will procrastinate in actually raising the debt ceiling until the very last minute. Then they will threaten a government shutdown and try to frame the other party as being responsible for why any of your friends who work for the US are stuck without a job. Then they will miraculously stitch together a hideous bill that no one actually likes, but they manage to pass it by strategically adding pork, strangely-worded clauses, and appending entirely unrelated bills to it. They they will tell us that they didn't want to do it, but that they were forced to and had no choice.

You make it sound so simple! Why is it that so few people understand that that is exactly what's going on? Oh right, because they were educated in a school system run by the same people.

Some economists believe that the Consumer Price Index overstates inflation, giving Social Security recipients larger cost-of-living increases than necessary. This option would use a different, lower inflation measure both for Social Security and in the tax code (thus pushing more households into higher brackets over time). Supporters say the lower measure is more accurate. Opponents say it is less accurate for the elderly, who buy a different mix of goods and services than other households.

lol wut?

Anyways, it took about five minutes to get a $65 billion surplus by 2015 and a $450 billion surplus by 2030. And I could've done a much better job with a bit more granularity.

I agree. Anyone who continues to pay taxes while complaining about how their tax money is spent is a hypocrite.

Required disclaimer: I'm not suggesting you don't pay taxes. I'm suggesting you learn to live your life legally while paying as few taxes as possible. Yeah, it's not easy, but shit, do you have a spine or not?

I agree. Anyone who continues to pay taxes while complaining about how their tax money is spent is a hypocrite.

Required disclaimer: I'm not suggesting you don't pay taxes. I'm suggesting you learn to live your life legally while paying as few taxes as possible. Yeah, it's not easy, but shit, do you have a spine or not?

good point.

"We will not find a solution to political problems in cryptography, but we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of freedom for several years.

Governments are good at cutting off the heads of a centrally controlled networks, but pure P2P networks are holding their own."